A joint research and development laboratory between Bulgaria's state-owned dairy company LB Bulgaricum and Japan's food manufacturer Meiji Corporation will be completed by the end of the year, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said during a meeting with representatives of Meiji, as reported by the governm»»»

Strikes launched by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia against Iran-allied fighters in Iraq have put Iraq's government in a delicate position — and not for the first time. Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, Iraq has walked a tightrope between Washington and Tehran, seeking to avoid becoming a battleground fo»»»

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that three of its members were killed in an attack by the United States on the northwestern province of Zanjan. "In the brutal attack carried out by the terrorist regime of the criminal United States on 30 July 2026, three brave and devoted members of th»»»

Jordan's air defenses shot down five missiles launched from Iran Thursday morning, the country's state-run Petra news agency said, hours after the U.S. military announced it had completed "a heavy wave of strikes against Iran" in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jorda»»»

Israeli occupation forces targeted the southern countryside of Quneitra on Thursday with artillery shelling, Syria’s state media reported. The occupation forces fired three artillery shells at the area surrounding Tal al-Ahmar Al-Sharqi in the southern countryside of Quneitra, causing no casualties»»»

The number of checkpoints on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek state border will be increased from 15 to 30. The President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov announced during talks with Uzbekistan’s leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev, which are taking place at Rukh-Ordo Cultural Center in Issyk-Kul region. According to the head of»»»

Athens, Greece: Hundreds of firefighters on Thursday battled to contain a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that forced thousands of evacuations after killing two firemen. The fire south of the city of Rethymno, in the island's southwest, had forced officials to evacuate some 8,000 people overn»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that it had struck the US's Al Azraq base in Jordan and destroyed three F-35 aircraft and several military personnel in response to US attacks. Earlier in the day, the US Central Command said that they US military h»»»

Members of the press gather Thursday outside the Aeon Mall in Kashima, scene of an onging search and rescue operation after an explosion shortly after Tuesday's earthquake caused the already damaged complex to partially collapse. Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/EPA July 30 (UPI) -- The death toll on t»»»

LONDON: An attack on an Israeli broadcaster over its coverage of the abuse of Palestinian detainees has been condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists. On Monday evening, a masked individual smashed the glass doors of the Channel 12 News building in Tel Aviv and left a note that contained a»»»

Commenting on the results, stc group CEO Olayan bin Mohammed Alwetaid affirmed that the financial results demonstrated strong financial and operational performance, alongside continued progress in executing the group’s strategic priorities. This sustained progress reflects the strength of the group»»»

The United States is facing a critical shortfall in its premier ballistic missile interceptors, with Patriot and THAAD stockpiles dwindling to dangerously low levels following sustained combat operations against Iran, according to a sobering new assessment from the Center for Strategic and Internat»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov awarded President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev the Order of Manas, 1st Class. The ceremony took place on July 30 at Rukh Ordo Cultural Center in Issyk-Kul region as part of the Uzbek leader’s state visit to the country. Shavkat Mirziyoyev was awarded Kyrgyz»»»

Construction of a 6.4-kilometer-long bypass road is underway in Balykchy. Work began in April 2026, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan reported. The new road will be four-lane. The project includes three roundabouts, a bridge over the railway, 12 culverts, a 4.5-meter-wide b»»»

Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev has appointed two Deputy Ministers of Energy. According to the Ministry of Energy, Beknur Maratbekov and Mirlan Parkhanov have been appointed deputy heads of the ministry. Beknur Maratbekov graduated from the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavi»»»

Paris, France: A Singapore-based organisation announced Thursday it will develop an Ebola vaccine dubbed the "most promising" to fight back against a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 1,500 people have died in the conflict-wracked African country from the Bundibugyo strain»»»

BELGRADE - Through intensive diplomatic activities, Serbia has succeeded in winning over key European partners on the Kosovo-Metohija issue, says Serbian FM Marko Djuric, noting that unilateral actions and violence by the Albin Kurti regime have been met with condemnation from the international com»»»

Parliament has adopted, at second reading on Thursday, amendments to the Activities of Collective Investment Schemes and Other Undertakings for Collective Investment Act, which also amend the Public Procurement Act. MPs decided that, by 30 November, every contracting authority must draw up and publ»»»

Judge Vasil Pelovski of the Varna Administrative Court and Prosecutor Marinela Toteva of the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office are the first nominees from the judges' and prosecutors' quotas, respectively, for the new composition of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), the Council said on Thursda»»»

London: Record-breaking heatwaves in May and June led to an estimated 2,877 excess deaths in England, the UK Health Security Agency said Wednesday. The provisional figure is almost double the total for the whole of the summer in 2025, which was 1,504, and represents "a substantial public health imp»»»

Dubai: Middle East airlines are slowly climbing out of the hole left by the Iran conflict, new figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show, even as global air travel demand fell for a third straight month in June. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balance»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has condemned in the strongest terms the renewal of aggression by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the territories of both the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Kuwait. It considered them a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the two states and the integ»»»

Belgrade: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Belgrade on a working visit to the Republic of Serbia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed His Highness upon arrival at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News a»»»

DUBAI: Following the departure of Eddie Howe as Newcastle United’s manager, online reports are claiming that he could be replaced at the English Premier League club by Al-Ahli’s German coach Matthias Jaissle. Jaissle has led the Jeddah club to back-to-back AFC Champions League Elite titles in the l»»»

HANOI: The US ‌Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived in Vietnam’s Danang on Thursday for a five-day visit, the latest sign of growing ties between Washington and Hanoi. The port call comes nearly three years after the United States and Vietnam upgraded relations to a»»»

DUBAI: Welcome, then, to the future — and the present — of Hollywood. A world in which studio execs can apparently only greenlight a project that’s based on existing IP or that is practically indistinguishable from it. Apple TV’s “The Dink” is a film that appears to have been assembled by a combina»»»

The Parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy, Investments and Industry unanimously adopted the formation of a Subcommittee to support the process of Bulgaria's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). All 20 deputies voted "in favour". Each parliamentary grou»»»

Dubai: Dubai added 24,800 homes during the first half of 2026, giving buyers and tenants more choice as the residential market moved into a period of steadier growth following two years of elevated activity. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The number of completed homes»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar's Ministry of Labour announced the launch of the National Referral System as a step to combat human trafficking in the country. In a social media post, the Ministry said that this initiative comes from the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking and establishes a clear»»»

Simon, Iuga & Partners Real Estate Advisors, Space Brokers, and Triflow are launching Worldwide Advisory & Investments (WAI), a regional alliance that provides companies and investors with a single point of access to real estate opportunities across Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hu»»»

AI adoption among urban internet users in Romania has increased significantly over the past year, while traditional text search and the link between television advertising and online action have weakened, according to the 11th wave of Spark Foundry Romania’s Focus On: Romanians’ New Media Adoption »»»

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the Lebanese Army remains the central pillar of national unity and stability, stressing its role in defending sovereignty and completing the liberation of Lebanese territory from Israeli occupation. In a statement marking Army Day on August 1, Speaker Be»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar condemned in the strongest terms the renewal of aggressions by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the territories of both the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Kuwait, considering them a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the two states and the int»»»

Bulgaria's National Employment Agency issued 49,179 permits, opinions and registrations granting third-country nationals access to the labour market in 2025, of which 27,943 (56.8%) were for seasonal or other short-term employment, according to an analysis by the Bulgarian Industrial Association (B»»»

Armenia is preparing to launch a major artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in the city of Hrazdan, with the first phase of the project involving $500mn in investment and thousands of high-performance computing processors, the Ministry of High-Tech Industry said. High-Tech Industry Minister&nbs»»»

Damascus, July 30 (SANA) Syria has reduced the price of industrial fuel oil from $475 to $400 per metric ton to lower production costs, support manufacturers and strengthen the competitiveness of domestic industries, Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said on Thursday.The move aims to ease financia»»»

The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Delina Ibrahimaj, and the Deputy Minister of Interior of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vu Chien Thang, signed in Vietnam the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of employment, creating a stable institutional framework for the recruitm»»»

FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in a $20 billion commercial subsidiary has drawn strong criticism from football’s regional confederations, which said they were blindsided by the world governing body’s plan to bring private investors into the sport. The Confederations of North America, Central Americ»»»

Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday hailed the Lebanese Army and said that it should not be “put to tests” in connection with the so-called pilot zones scheme in south Lebanon. In a statement marking Army Day, Berri said the army is the role model of unity, identity, belonging, sacrifice and loyalty, a»»»

More than six in ten Romanians were unable to afford a one-week holiday away from home in 2025, the highest share in the European Union, according to the latest Eurostat data. A total of 61.4% of people aged 16 and over in Romania said they could not cover the cost of a week-long holiday outside th»»»

Voting secrecy for blind and visually impaired people has now been guaranteed through amendments to the Election Code, MP Ivan Yanev of Progressive Bulgaria said during a briefing at the National Assembly on Thursday. Voting machines will now be equipped with audio guidance, while voters with visua»»»

With the assistance of 144 officially licensed private employment agencies, 10,785 Kyrgyzstanis have found work abroad since the beginning of the year, including 5,484 women. The press service of the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration of Kyrgyzstan reported. The organized migration c»»»

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will arrive in Kyrgyzstan on July 30 on a state visit at the invitation of President Sadyr Japarov. During the visit, the heads of state will hold one-on-one talks. The third meeting of the Interstate Council of Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan will also take place. The »»»

RIYADH: Middle Eastern carriers showed signs of recovery in June, with cargo demand surging and passenger contractions easing as regional aviation began stabilizing after months of disruption. According to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association, international cargo traffic»»»

Kumamoto, Japan: Twenty-five cats stuck inside a shopping mall in Japan gutted in an explosion after a major earthquake have been rescued, the operator said Thursday, triggering huge relief on social media. Momo, Kohaku, Tango, Shandy -- a fluffy Norwegian Forest Cat -- and the others were in Cat C»»»

Kolkata: Police in West Bengal have seized more than Rs280 million in cash and 15kg of gold worth an estimated Rs210 million during a raid in Birbhum district, before arresting a man allegedly linked to a suspected crime syndicate. The raid, which began on Wednesday afternoon and continued for near»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s resident population has surged past 4.58 million, marking one of the fastest annual increases in the emirate’s history as authorities unveiled a groundbreaking AI-powered real-time population monitoring system that will transform urban planning and policymaking. While the resident po»»»

Tunis, July 30 (TAP) - Innovative financial mechanisms are essential to better channel remittances from Tunisians living abroad towards value-creating, job-generating and impactful investments in the regions, said Director General of the Deposit and...»»»

Cairo: The Egyptian government said Thursday that a fire the day before at the port of Damietta was caused by a drone attack, the first to target the country since the outbreak of the Middle East war. Authorities had reported two gas ships were damaged by Wednesday's blaze, which private security m»»»

Asman Airlines will increase ticket prices on several domestic routes starting August 1, 2026. According to Airports of Kyrgyzstan OJSC, the fare adjustment is linked to rising aviation fuel costs in Kyrgyzstan. Fuel prices increased by 32 percent in July 2026, which affected the cost of air transp»»»